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Malaysian police have detained a beach resort owner for allegedly allowing a group of Buddhists to pray in the establishment's Muslim prayer room over the weekend, a police official said Tuesday.

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A local court in Kota Tinggi town in Johor state, 290
kilometres south of Kuala Lumpur,
on Tuesday approved the remand of the suspect for four days while he is
investigated for defiling a place of worship, said an officer who asked not to
be named. The offence carries a penalty of up to two years in jail.

The 45-year-old resort owner is a Singaporean national with
permanent resident status in Malaysia.

Villagers chased the Singaporean Buddhist tourists out of
the resort on Saturday after footage of their prayer session at the resort's
Muslim prayer room was uploaded on to the video-sharing website YouTube.

The angry villagers took the group to a nearby police
station. The members of the group were asked to leave and returned to Singapore.

Approximately 61% of Malaysia's 29 million people
are Muslims. Another 20% are Buddhist, 9% Christian, and around 6% Hindu.